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A jury in St. Louis has awarded a plaintiffs class of 286 current and former Steak ‘n Shake managers a combined $3 million in unpaid overtime under state and federal laws. Nearly all of the plaintiffs had worked at Missouri ...

What is a job worth?
So far, the answer from Missouri courts is: not enough to enforce an arbitration contract, at least if the employee is at-will. Now a series of cases pending in the Missouri Supreme Court could test how far that principle goes.

Don Prophete, a founding partner of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart's Kansas City office who moved to Littler Mendelson in 2013, is now a name partner at the Kansas City office of Constangy, Brooks & Smith.

Bar honors several in KC legal community A law professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and five Kansas City-area lawyers were honored during ceremonies at The Missouri Bar Annual Meeting. Professor David Jacks Achtenberg of UMKC School of Law ...